Tobacco-pipe.



PATENTED OCT. 10, 1 905.

C. WELLNER.

4 TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905;

Application filed July 1, 1904. Serial No. 214,886.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL WELLNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco-Pipes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of pipes in whichthe bowl is made reversible on its seat at one end of the stem to adaptit when the pipe is smoked down nearly to the base of the bowl to bereversed to enable the fire remaining in it to serve for lighting afresh charge of tobacco; and it relates, furthermore, to the class ofpipes in which a chamber in the base of the bowl, separated therefrom bya perforated diaphragm and to which the stem leads, is provided to holdan absorbent medium for the objectionable fiuid which results fromsmoking tobacco in the pipe to intercept it against ac cess through thestem to the mouth of the smoker.

The object of my improvement is to provide a thoroughly-sanitarytobacco-pipe of a construction embodying all of the advantages of thepipes hitherto provided in the classes thereof referred to with none oftheir disadvantages, the separable parts of which shall be of generousproportions to render them readily accessible for purposes of cleaning.

To this end my invention consists in the details of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view inlongitudinal sectional elevation of my improved pipe; Fig. 2, aperspective view of the reversible bowl; Fig. 3, a similar view of themetal bowl-seat with an integral stem-section extending from it; Fig. 4,a similar view of a cap for confining a tablet of absorbent materialprovided with a perforated top and adapted to enter and be releasablylocked in the chamber in the bowlseat, from which the aforesaidstem-section leads; Fig. 5, a similar view of a ring for lining thebowl-seat and wall of the chamber therein, and Fig. 6 a similar view ofa vented cover for either end of the bowl adapted to be releasablysecured thereon.

A is the bowl of the pipe, open at both ends and formed of corn-cob,brier-Wood, Ineerschaum, or any other suitable material. Each open endof the bowl, the interior of which should be of the same orsubstantially the same diameter throughout, terminates in an metricallyopposite points on each collar studs- Z) project outwardly for a purposeherein after explained.

B is the annular bowl-seat, formed of sheet metal, preferably bystamping, or of clay,

-with a circumferential flange 0 about an offset or shoulder d,projecting outwardly from the upper edge of the chamber and forming theannular seat proper, shown slightly depressed to conform to the convexshape of the outer edge of each collar on the bowl and having formed init opposite cam-grooves 6" 6, each terminating at its tapering end in anoffset Z1 in the flange, these offsets being diametrically opposite eachother. Below the planeof the seat proper is the chamber 6 for theabsorbent medium, from which the section f of the pipe-stem C extends,being preferably formed integral with the bowl base or seat. The chamber6 is of generous proportions, being of about the same diameter as thechamber in the bowl, and it is lined with areinforcing metal ring 9,having studs it projecting inwardly from it at diametrically oppositepoints, and an annular flange 9 ex tends from the outer edge of the ringover the seat proper, (Z, to conform to the latter and to which it issecured.

D is a sheet-metal or clay cap comprising a ring 2', containing inopposite sides similar bayonet-joint slots like that shown at it in Fig.4, but only one of which is represented owing to the nature of the Viewselected for illustration, and a perforated top Z to cover the chamber 0and form the base of the bowl A when adjusted in position, ashereinafter described. The cap is adapted to hold confinedly a supply ofsuitable material readily absorbent of the liquid generated in the pipeby smoking it and which is preferably provided in the form of a tablet mto snugly fit within the cap, which is adjustable in place byintroducing the ring 2' into the chamber 6 in a manner to engage itsbayonet-slots it with the studs it, when a slight turn of the cap looksit in place to be readily unlocked for removal by turning it in theopposite direction and withdrawing it.

The mouthpiece-section f of the stem C, which may be formed of anysuitable mate- 'rial and of any desired shape, is removably inserted atone end into the outer end of the stem-section f, the bore of which isamply large to render it conveniently accessible for cleaning.

E is a metal cover for the bowl A for use whenever desired, as and forthe purpose hereinafter described, provided with vent-holes a2,

and adapted to be releasably locked upon either end of the bowl byproviding in its circular flange portion 0 cam-grooves p. To apply thecover, its flange is caused to overlap the respective bowl-collar a ora, with the studs 6 thereon registering with the insertion ends of thegrooves p,whereupon by turning the cover the grooves travel along thestuds to lock it in place.

In smoking this pipe the objectionable fluid hereinbefore referred to isabsorbed by the tablet m, which may be renewed from time to time onremoving and replacing the cap D, which operations may be readilyperformed in the manner described. The bowl A forms at either end aclose-fitting junction with its seat (composed of the parts g and (Z inthe preferred construction illustrated) without requiring any packing tobe interposed because of the accuracy of forming the parts by myimproved construction thereof. Moreover, the parts are readily separablewithout requiring the aid to that end of any implement, and thecomparatively large dimensions of the chamber 6, cap D, and stem-sectionf render them so readily accessible for cleaning that the pipe may bekept clean, and therefore sanitary, without trouble. By providing thecover E to interlock with either end of the bowl it adapts the pipe foruse in the open air, as in the wind, or to be carried while lighted inthe pocket of the user, whichever end of the bowl happens to be seatedon the base B, and, with the cover in place, when the pipe is nearlysmoked out the smoker may on turning the bowl off its seat stuff thecontents of the bowl against the cover and introduce a charge of freshtobacco into the bowl from its opposite end to be lighted by the remnantby drawing on the stem after the bowl is replaced in the same positionfrom which it was removed for refilling from its lower open end. I WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination of a bowl-base containing achamber formedwith a bowl-seat surrounding said chamber and abowl-locking flange about said seat, a ring lining the chamber-wall andprovided with a flange covering said seat, a stem-section extending fromsaid base, a perforated cap for absorbent material in said chamber andmeans for releasably interlocking it with said ring, and a reversiblebowl terminating at each end in an edge-binding collar fitting saidringflange and provided with means for engaging with said bowl-lockingflange to releasabl y interlock the bowl therewith, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination of a bowl-base containing achamber formed with a bowl-seat surrounding said chamber and a flangeabout said seat provided with camgrooves, a ring lining the chamber-walland provided with a flange covering said seat and withinwardly-projecting studs, a cap for absorbent material, comprising aperforated top and a flange depending therefrom and provided withbayonet-joint slots to engage with the studs on said ring, and areversible bowlterminating at each end in an edge-binding collar fittingsaid ring-flange and provided with studs to engage with said grooves forreleasably interlocking the bowl with the base, substantially asdescribed.

CARL VVELLNER. In presence of WALTER N. WINBERG, ALMA U. THORIEN.

